5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (73%)
6. Bahá'à Faith (70%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (68%)
8. Seventh Day Adventist (66%)
9. Jainism (64%)
10. Jehovah's Witness (62%)
11. Eastern Orthodox (57%)
12. Roman Catholic (57%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
14. Hinduism (52%)
15. Liberal Quakers (42%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
17. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (34%)
18. Unitarian Universalism (34%)
19. Neo-Pagan (32%)
20. New Thought (32%)
21. Scientology (31%)
22. Theravada Buddhism (30%)
23. Nontheist (30%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
25. New Age (23%)
26. Taoism (15%)
27. Secular Humanism (12%)
I assume that my monotheistic beliefs, in conjunction with the fact that NONE of the questions refer to Jesus as savior , put me in the Judaism/Islam bracket. (Sikh? Sheesh!!) Fun, but ridiculous! :D-->
Taking this test made me realize all the beliefs I've either put on hold or am still trying to figure out. I've decided that there's a lot I don't know and a lot more to learn out there that I wasn't privy to while in TWI and I feel light years behind the spiritual knowledge and development that's been going on in the world.
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3. Bah�'� Faith (93%)
4. Liberal Quakers (92%)
5. Reform Judaism (91%)
I look pretty schizo based on these results.....mainline Christianity to Unitarian Universalism and Bahai??? Not much in common with these guys, is there?
My therapist is Unitarian, his parents founded the Unitarian church in my town. He'll be tickled with these results. :D-->
I don't know much about Bahai, but my understanding was that it is also a cult with very stringent rules and doctrines.
Looks to me like it's a good thing I'm in therapy!
It is interesting that Judaism is coming up a lot with ex-twits (notice that's EX-twits). :)-->
Me thinks TWI emphasized the Old Testament a bit much, and deemphasized Jesus.
Also interesting, as Chas noticed, is that what a person was raised in seems to stick with them. From my observations (purely unscientific), it takes something to replace a religious upbringing before it goes away. I guess the brain doesn’t want to give up plausible answers to unanswerable questions very easily, especially when risk of eternal damnation exists.
My upbringing was middle-of-the-road protestant that latter swung to Pentecostal before the TWIts found me. Given how my analysis came out, it would appear I have replaced all of it. :)-->
God would like to thank you for your belief and patronage. In order to better serve your needs, He asks that you take a few moments to answer the following questions.
Please keep in mind that your responses will be kept completely confidential, and that you need not disclose your name or address unless you prefer a direct response to comments or suggestions.
1. How did you find out about your Deity?
___ Newspaper
___ Bible
___ Torah
___ Book of Mormon
___ Koran
___ Divine inspiration
___ Dead Sea Scrolls
___ My mama done tol' me
___ Near-death experience
___ Near-life experience
___ National Public Radio
___ Tabloid
___ Burning shrubbery
___ Other (specify): _____________
2. Which model Deity did you acquire?
___ Yahweh
___ Father, Son & Holy Ghost [Trinity Pak]
___ Jehovah
___ Jesus
___ Krishna
___ Zeus and entourage [Olympus Pak]
___ Odin and entourage [Valhalla Pak]
___ Allah
___ Satan
___ Gaia/Mother Earth/Mother Nature
___ God 1.0a (hairy thunderer)
___ God 1.0b (cosmic muffin)
___ None of the above; I was taken in by a false god
3. Did your God come to you undamaged, with all parts in good working order and with no obvious breakage or missing attributes?
___ Yes
___ No
If no, please describe the problems you initially encountered here. Please indicate all that apply:
___ Not eternal
___ Finite in space/Does not occupy or inhabit the entire cosmos
___ Not omniscient
___ Not omnipotent
___ Not infinitely plastic (incapable of being all things to all creations)
___ Permits sex outside of marriage
___ Prohibits sex outside of marriage
___ Makes mistakes (Geraldo Rivera, Jesse Helms)
___ Makes or permits bad things to happen to good people
___ When beseeched, doesn't stay beseeched
___ Requires burnt offerings
___ Requires virgin sacrifices
___ Plays dice with the universe
4. What factors were relevant in your decision to acquire a Deity? Please check all that apply.
___ Indoctrinated by parents
___ Needed a reason to live
___ Indoctrinated by society
___ Needed focus in whom to despise
___ Imaginary friend grew up
___ Wanted to know Jesus in the Biblical sense
___ Graduated from the tooth fairy
___ Hate to think for myself
___ Wanted to meet girls/boys
___ Fear of death
___ Wanted to .... off parents
___ Needed a day away from work
___ Desperate need for certainty
___ Like organ music
___ Need to feel morally superior
___ Thought Jerry Falwell was cool
___ My shrubbery caught fire and told me to do it
5. Have you ever worshipped a Deity before? If so, which false god were you fooled by? Please check all that apply.
___ Mick Jagger
___ Rajanish
___ Baal
___ The almighty dollar
___ Bill Gates
___ Left-wing liberalism
___ The radical right
___ Ra
___ Beelzebub
___ Barney T.B.P.D.
___ The Great Spirit
___ The Great Pumpkin
___ The sun
___ Elvis
___ Cindy Crawford
___ The moon
___ TV news
___ Burning shrubbery
___ Other: ________________
6. Are you currently using any other source of inspiration in addition to God? Please check all that apply.
7. God employs a limited degree of divine intervention to preserve the balanced level of felt presence and blind faith. Which would you prefer (circle one)?
a. More divine intervention
b. Less divine intervention
c. Current level of divine intervention is just right
d. Don't know...what's divine intervention?
8. God also attempts to maintain a balanced level of disasters and miracles. Please rate on a scale of 1 - 5 his handling of the following
(1=unsatisfactory, 5=excellent):
Disasters:
flood 1 2 3 4 5
famine 1 2 3 4 5
earthquake 1 2 3 4 5
war 1 2 3 4 5
pestilence 1 2 3 4 5
plague 1 2 3 4 5
spam 1 2 3 4 5
AOL 1 2 3 4 5
Miracles:
rescues 1 2 3 4 5
spontaneous remissions 1 2 3 4 5
stars hovering over jerkwater towns 1 2 3 4 5
crying statues 1 2 3 4 5
water changing to wine 1 2 3 4 5
walking on water 1 2 3 4 5
VCRs that set their own clocks 1 2 3 4 5
Saddam Hussein still alive 1 2 3 4 5
getting any sex whatsoever 1 2 3 4 5
9. Do you have any additional comments or suggestions for improving the quality of God's services? (Attach an additional sheet if necessary.)
If you are able to complete the questionnaire and return it to one of our conveniently located drop-off boxes by October 31 you will be entered in the One Free Miracle of Your Choice drawing (chances of winning are approximately one in 6.023 x 10 to the 23d power, depending on number of beings entered).
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (85%)
5. Neo-Pagan (79%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
7. New Age (77%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (75%)
9. Bahá'à Faith (72%)
10. New Thought (72%)
11. Taoism (72%)
12. Reform Judaism (64%)
13. Scientology (58%)
14. Sikhism (58%)
15. Hinduism (54%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
17. Jainism (53%)
18. Secular Humanism (51%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (46%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (39%)
22. Islam (31%)
23. Nontheist (31%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (29%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
27. Roman Catholic (22%)
Hmmm, quite a choice abounds here.
I'll narrow it down
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%
4. Mahayana Buddhism 85 %
5. Neo-Pagan (79%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
7. New Age (77%)
10. New Thought (72%)
11. Taoism (72%)
12. Reform Judaism (64%)
14. Sikhism (58%)
15. Hinduism (54%)
17. Jainism (53%)
18. Secular Humanism (51%)
22. Islam (31%)
and add ~~~
..."In response, Crowley created his own "philosophical system", Occult Sciences — a synthesis of various Eastern mystical systems (including Hinduism, Buddhism, Tantra, the predecessor to Western sex magick, Zoroastrianism and the many systems of Yoga) fused with the Western occult sciences of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the many reformed rituals of Freemasonry he later reformulated within the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O). This system is founded in scientific skepticism. His undergraduate studies in chemistry helped forge the scientific skepticism which later culminated in the many-volumed and unparalleled occult publication, The Equinox. Nearly 60 years after his death in 1947, his works are more prevalent and prominent, especially with current struggles between dogmatic branches of Christianity and Islam."
I have heard that if you are a social liberal you will automatically end up in Neo pagan or UU, even if that's not your theology.
I was raised in a not very devout RC family. By the time I was 18, no one attended church anymore. Alot of eastern Philosophy and New Age (like Carlos Castenada, ESP)type books were around the house in the seventies when I was a teen.
I guess that's what stuck. One brother and I are pagan, my sis is agnostic but has some rather witchy ways. One brother is off meds again, he has some interesting beliefs all his own.
Maybe joining a Bible literalist group was my way of rebelling. It's something no other kid in the family did, and was by far the most controversial action.
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Oh that was fun...
1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Orthodox Judaism (88%)
3. New thought (87%)
New thought....hmmm that sounds interesting...
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This is scary:
1. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (100%)
2. Jehovah's Witness (88%)
3. Bahá'à Faith (82%)
I was raised Mormon - didn't think I held any of the beliefs anymore... I must have clicked on something by mistake somewhere....
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Here's how I came out:
1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Islam (97%)
3. Sikhism (77%)
4. Reform Judaism (75%)
5. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (73%)
6. Bahá'à Faith (70%)
7. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (68%)
8. Seventh Day Adventist (66%)
9. Jainism (64%)
10. Jehovah's Witness (62%)
11. Eastern Orthodox (57%)
12. Roman Catholic (57%)
13. Orthodox Quaker (56%)
14. Hinduism (52%)
15. Liberal Quakers (42%)
16. Mahayana Buddhism (41%)
17. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (34%)
18. Unitarian Universalism (34%)
19. Neo-Pagan (32%)
20. New Thought (32%)
21. Scientology (31%)
22. Theravada Buddhism (30%)
23. Nontheist (30%)
24. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (27%)
25. New Age (23%)
26. Taoism (15%)
27. Secular Humanism (12%)
I assume that my monotheistic beliefs, in conjunction with the fact that NONE of the questions refer to Jesus as savior
, put me in the Judaism/Islam bracket. (Sikh? Sheesh!!) Fun, but ridiculous! 
:D-->
George
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1. Jainism (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (95%)
3. Hinduism (92%)
4. Unitarian Universalism (91%)
5. Neo-Pagan (86%)
6. Liberal Quakers (84%)
7. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%)
8. Bahá'à Faith (81%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (80%)
10. Orthodox Quaker (76%)
11. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (71%)
12. New Age (70%)
13. New Thought (68%)
14. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (66%)
15. Taoism (64%)
16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (63%)
17. Jehovah's Witness (60%)
18. Orthodox Judaism (60%)
19. Sikhism (58%)
20. Seventh Day Adventist (55%)
21. Reform Judaism (53%)
22. Scientology (53%)
23. Islam (51%)
24. Secular Humanism (41%)
25. Eastern Orthodox (35%)
26. Roman Catholic (35%)
27. Nontheist (28%)
I know ya'll think I'm crazy now!
lol
:D-->
hmmm, no southern redneck in there, lol
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Belle
Taking this test made me realize all the beliefs I've either put on hold or am still trying to figure out. I've decided that there's a lot I don't know and a lot more to learn out there that I wasn't privy to while in TWI and I feel light years behind the spiritual knowledge and development that's been going on in the world.
1. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (96%)
3. Bah�'� Faith (93%)
4. Liberal Quakers (92%)
5. Reform Judaism (91%)
I look pretty schizo based on these results.....mainline Christianity to Unitarian Universalism and Bahai??? Not much in common with these guys, is there?
My therapist is Unitarian, his parents founded the Unitarian church in my town. He'll be tickled with these results.
:D-->
I don't know much about Bahai, but my understanding was that it is also a cult with very stringent rules and doctrines.
Looks to me like it's a good thing I'm in therapy!
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coolchef1248 @adelphia.net
gee that was fun... i should have been jewish!!!!!! and i'm really a nudist!lol
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krys
1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Islam (96%)
3. Reform Judaism (93%)
strange! very strange....although, the judiasm I understand...
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oenophile
Orthodox Quaker
Bahai Faith
Reformed Judaism
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1. Reform Judaism (100%)
2. Bahai Faith (90%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (89%)
Least like a Jehovah's Witness (23%).
Interestingly enough I am only 44% Mormon although I used to be one!
:)-->
And TWI come NOWHERE!
:D-->
But if Reform Judaism still requires circumcision forget it!
:o-->
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mstar1
Well that was strange, most of the choices didn't match too closely to what I actually think, but I gave it my best (if quick) shot..
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Mahayana Buddhism (96%)
3. Unitarian Universalism (88%)
4. Liberal Quakers (85%)
5. Sikhism (77%)
6. Hinduism (75%)
7. Reform Judaism (74%)
8. Theravada Buddhism (69%)
9. Jainism (69%)
10. Bahá'à Faith (67%)
....
25. Jehovah's Witness (21%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (19%)
27. Roman Catholic (19%)
No matter what it says--I'm not in danger of joining or associating myself with any group anytime soon
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Orthodox Judaism~~
but looking at the results from the rest of you I need more gefitle fish for shabbas this week.
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Sharon,
It is interesting that Judaism is coming up a lot with ex-twits (notice that's EX-twits).
:)-->
Me thinks TWI emphasized the Old Testament a bit much, and deemphasized Jesus.
Also interesting, as Chas noticed, is that what a person was raised in seems to stick with them. From my observations (purely unscientific), it takes something to replace a religious upbringing before it goes away. I guess the brain doesn’t want to give up plausible answers to unanswerable questions very easily, especially when risk of eternal damnation exists.
My upbringing was middle-of-the-road protestant that latter swung to Pentecostal before the TWIts found me. Given how my analysis came out, it would appear I have replaced all of it.
:)-->
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1. Eastern Orthodox (100%)
2. Roman Catholic (100%)
3. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (98%)
4. Seventh Day Adventist (94%)
5. Orthodox Quaker (89%)
6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (70%)
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Adapted from "God Wants to Know," copyright © 1993 B.C. Brown, http://www.espressopress.com/ (though, I got it from CarTalk).
A little more levity.........
GOD'S TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT QUESTIONNAIRE
God would like to thank you for your belief and patronage. In order to better serve your needs, He asks that you take a few moments to answer the following questions.
Please keep in mind that your responses will be kept completely confidential, and that you need not disclose your name or address unless you prefer a direct response to comments or suggestions.
1. How did you find out about your Deity?
___ Newspaper
___ Bible
___ Torah
___ Book of Mormon
___ Koran
___ Divine inspiration
___ Dead Sea Scrolls
___ My mama done tol' me
___ Near-death experience
___ Near-life experience
___ National Public Radio
___ Tabloid
___ Burning shrubbery
___ Other (specify): _____________
2. Which model Deity did you acquire?
___ Yahweh
___ Father, Son & Holy Ghost [Trinity Pak]
___ Jehovah
___ Jesus
___ Krishna
___ Zeus and entourage [Olympus Pak]
___ Odin and entourage [Valhalla Pak]
___ Allah
___ Satan
___ Gaia/Mother Earth/Mother Nature
___ God 1.0a (hairy thunderer)
___ God 1.0b (cosmic muffin)
___ None of the above; I was taken in by a false god
3. Did your God come to you undamaged, with all parts in good working order and with no obvious breakage or missing attributes?
___ Yes
___ No
If no, please describe the problems you initially encountered here. Please indicate all that apply:
___ Not eternal
___ Finite in space/Does not occupy or inhabit the entire cosmos
___ Not omniscient
___ Not omnipotent
___ Not infinitely plastic (incapable of being all things to all creations)
___ Permits sex outside of marriage
___ Prohibits sex outside of marriage
___ Makes mistakes (Geraldo Rivera, Jesse Helms)
___ Makes or permits bad things to happen to good people
___ When beseeched, doesn't stay beseeched
___ Requires burnt offerings
___ Requires virgin sacrifices
___ Plays dice with the universe
4. What factors were relevant in your decision to acquire a Deity? Please check all that apply.
___ Indoctrinated by parents
___ Needed a reason to live
___ Indoctrinated by society
___ Needed focus in whom to despise
___ Imaginary friend grew up
___ Wanted to know Jesus in the Biblical sense
___ Graduated from the tooth fairy
___ Hate to think for myself
___ Wanted to meet girls/boys
___ Fear of death
___ Wanted to .... off parents
___ Needed a day away from work
___ Desperate need for certainty
___ Like organ music
___ Need to feel morally superior
___ Thought Jerry Falwell was cool
___ My shrubbery caught fire and told me to do it
5. Have you ever worshipped a Deity before? If so, which false god were you fooled by? Please check all that apply.
___ Mick Jagger
___ Rajanish
___ Baal
___ The almighty dollar
___ Bill Gates
___ Left-wing liberalism
___ The radical right
___ Ra
___ Beelzebub
___ Barney T.B.P.D.
___ The Great Spirit
___ The Great Pumpkin
___ The sun
___ Elvis
___ Cindy Crawford
___ The moon
___ TV news
___ Burning shrubbery
___ Other: ________________
6. Are you currently using any other source of inspiration in addition to God? Please check all that apply.
__ Tarot __ Lottery __ Astrology
__ Television __ Fortune cookies __ Ann Landers
__ Psychic Friends Network __ Dianetics __ Palmistry
__ Playboy and/or Playgirl __ Self-help books __ Sex, drugs, rock and roll
__ Biorhythms __ Alcohol __ Bill Clinton
__ Tea leaves __ EST __ CompuServe
__ Mantras __ Jimmy Swaggert __ Crystals (not including Crystal Gayle)
__ Human sacrifice __ Pyramids __ Wandering in a desert
__ Burning shrubbery __ Barney T.B.P.D. __ Barney Fife
Other:___________
7. God employs a limited degree of divine intervention to preserve the balanced level of felt presence and blind faith. Which would you prefer (circle one)?
a. More divine intervention
b. Less divine intervention
c. Current level of divine intervention is just right
d. Don't know...what's divine intervention?
8. God also attempts to maintain a balanced level of disasters and miracles. Please rate on a scale of 1 - 5 his handling of the following
(1=unsatisfactory, 5=excellent):
Disasters:
flood 1 2 3 4 5
famine 1 2 3 4 5
earthquake 1 2 3 4 5
war 1 2 3 4 5
pestilence 1 2 3 4 5
plague 1 2 3 4 5
spam 1 2 3 4 5
AOL 1 2 3 4 5
Miracles:
rescues 1 2 3 4 5
spontaneous remissions 1 2 3 4 5
stars hovering over jerkwater towns 1 2 3 4 5
crying statues 1 2 3 4 5
water changing to wine 1 2 3 4 5
walking on water 1 2 3 4 5
VCRs that set their own clocks 1 2 3 4 5
Saddam Hussein still alive 1 2 3 4 5
getting any sex whatsoever 1 2 3 4 5
9. Do you have any additional comments or suggestions for improving the quality of God's services? (Attach an additional sheet if necessary.)
If you are able to complete the questionnaire and return it to one of our conveniently located drop-off boxes by October 31 you will be entered in the One Free Miracle of Your Choice drawing (chances of winning are approximately one in 6.023 x 10 to the 23d power, depending on number of beings entered).
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1. Unitarian Universalism (100%)
2. Liberal Quakers (94%)
3. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (92%)
4. Mahayana Buddhism (85%)
5. Neo-Pagan (79%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
7. New Age (77%)
8. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (75%)
9. Bahá'à Faith (72%)
10. New Thought (72%)
11. Taoism (72%)
12. Reform Judaism (64%)
13. Scientology (58%)
14. Sikhism (58%)
15. Hinduism (54%)
16. Orthodox Quaker (54%)
17. Jainism (53%)
18. Secular Humanism (51%)
19. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (46%)
20. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (42%)
21. Orthodox Judaism (39%)
22. Islam (31%)
23. Nontheist (31%)
24. Jehovah's Witness (29%)
25. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (22%)
27. Roman Catholic (22%)
Hmmm, quite a choice abounds here.
I'll narrow it down
1. Unitarian Universalism (100%
4. Mahayana Buddhism 85 %
5. Neo-Pagan (79%)
6. Theravada Buddhism (78%)
7. New Age (77%)
10. New Thought (72%)
11. Taoism (72%)
12. Reform Judaism (64%)
14. Sikhism (58%)
15. Hinduism (54%)
17. Jainism (53%)
18. Secular Humanism (51%)
22. Islam (31%)
and add ~~~
..."In response, Crowley created his own "philosophical system", Occult Sciences — a synthesis of various Eastern mystical systems (including Hinduism, Buddhism, Tantra, the predecessor to Western sex magick, Zoroastrianism and the many systems of Yoga) fused with the Western occult sciences of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the many reformed rituals of Freemasonry he later reformulated within the Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O). This system is founded in scientific skepticism. His undergraduate studies in chemistry helped forge the scientific skepticism which later culminated in the many-volumed and unparalleled occult publication, The Equinox. Nearly 60 years after his death in 1947, his works are more prevalent and prominent, especially with current struggles between dogmatic branches of Christianity and Islam."
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1000names, you need just one more birth and your are there man, just one more!!!
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reikilady
This quiz was fun. Thanks!
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johniam
Weird.
1. Orthodox Judaism (100%)
2. Islam (96%)
3. Reform Judaism (90%)
Krysilis?
Nothing in the questions about Jesus Christ.
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Top three:
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. Unitarian Universalism (86%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (82%)
No big surprise.
I have heard that if you are a social liberal you will automatically end up in Neo pagan or UU, even if that's not your theology.
I was raised in a not very devout RC family. By the time I was 18, no one attended church anymore. Alot of eastern Philosophy and New Age (like Carlos Castenada, ESP)type books were around the house in the seventies when I was a teen.
I guess that's what stuck. One brother and I are pagan, my sis is agnostic but has some rather witchy ways. One brother is off meds again, he has some interesting beliefs all his own.
Maybe joining a Bible literalist group was my way of rebelling. It's something no other kid in the family did, and was by far the most controversial action.
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hmmmm
my top 3:
Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%)
Orthodox Quaker (93%)
Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (91%)
Definitely Christian. I suppose that's good.
:)-->
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Here I am
:)-->
1. Neo-Pagan (100%)
2. New Age (95%)
3. Mahayana Buddhism (92%)
4. Liberal Quakers (82%)
5. Unitarian Universalism (82%)
6. Jainism (75%)
7. Scientology (75%)
8. New Thought (72%)
9. Theravada Buddhism (70%)
10. Taoism (70%)
11. Reform Judaism (68%)
12. Hinduism (65%)
13. Sikhism (60%)
14. Orthodox Quaker (58%)
15. Bahá'à Faith (57%)
16. Secular Humanism (55%)
17. Orthodox Judaism (54%)
18. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (52%)
19. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (52%)
20. Islam (45%)
21. Nontheist (29%)
22. Seventh Day Adventist (27%)
23. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (27%)
24. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (22%)
25. Jehovah's Witness (22%)
26. Eastern Orthodox (15%)
27. Roman Catholic (15%)
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Wacky Funster
What the heck is neo pagan?
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Reform Judaism (100%)
Yeah, that's pretty close to neo-Marcionism.
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Neo-pagan is the new do-it-yourself stuff kids put together prefab after
going to see the craft. They drink wine and make up a few ceremonies
involving candles or whatever, maybe "experiment" with drugs, sex, or
drugged sex, and often dress gothic to freak the mundanes (sometimes
ticking off the goths.) It's an "ancient religion" that started in the 50s
or later, depending on specifically what they're doing. Half the time the
kid listened to too much Morrissey, watched "the Craft" too many times,
then decided they were Fairuza Balk or something.
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